Here is the chatterbait I made where I am trying to duplicate the original Phenix bait. My bait is on the left and the Original Phenix is on the right. My blade I swiped from a chatterbait that was laying around because I needed a black one. Still working on the best way to paint blades black but what does everyone think?

Looks good to me! Is the Phenix blade different than the coffin blades you can buy? Have you tried a powder paint gun for painting blades? That's how I do it and the trick is to not overheat them so you only get a very thin coat of paint. About 4-5 seconds is all it takes to heat a side up enough to get the paint to stick.

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Nice, I make my own Phenix recreations too. My way is not as inventive as yours though, I just put their blade on their 'swim jig' which comes out to be identical. Almost like they planned it that way . If I wait for sales to buy the components, each one comes out to about the same retail price as other chatters...Which I'm fine with since I'm not setup to pour my own.

Can't help with the blade color as I prefer standard gold for the ones I put together.

Nice, I make my own Phenix recreations too. My way is not as inventive as yours though, I just put their blade on their 'swim jig' which comes out to be identical. Almost like they planned it that way . If I wait for sales to buy the components, each one comes out to about the same retail price as other chatters...Which I'm fine with since I'm not setup to pour my own.

Can't help with the blade color as I prefer standard gold for the ones I put together.

No, I was looking at buying the heads and adding the blades and skirts myself.

I have never met a laydown that I didn't want to spend an hour casting at and I think the only way I am gonna figure out how to keep a chatterbait from instantly snagging is to snag a bunch of them until I get used to working them through.

No, I was looking at buying the heads and adding the blades and skirts myself.

I have never met a laydown that I didn't want to spend an hour casting at and I think the only way I am gonna figure out how to keep a chatterbait from instantly snagging is to snag a bunch of them until I get used to working them through.

When the weather gets warmer I will pour you some heads if you want.

Allen

On ‎12‎/‎17‎/‎2018 at 4:59 PM, Iluvsmallies said:

I cant see the image??? Did you remove it?

Not sure what is going on with your computer but I can see all the images.